Assessing The Impact Of COVID-19 On People Vulnerable To, Or Already Experiencing, Forced Marriage

与COVID-19和COVID相关的决定对易受强迫婚姻犯罪影响的儿童和成年人产生了重大影响。我们的混合方法项目将绘制和了解这种影响，为英国对COVID-19的应对措施的评估提供信息，并制定有关英国大流行应对措施的持续政策。我们考虑到这一流行病对这一弱势群体造成的不均衡的经济和社会影响，以及与新冠肺炎有关的决策对这一弱势群体造成的不均衡影响的道德层面，并寻求影响民间社会和志愿部门如何支持弱势群体。政府的强迫婚姻单位（FMU）和慈善机构Karma Nirvana（KN）（提供全国强迫婚姻热线）警告说，流行病对英国强迫婚姻的重大影响。我们与两家机构共同设计了这个项目，并将与他们合作，分析COVID-19对面临或经历强迫婚姻风险的人的影响的定量和定性数据;并记录和分析疫情所面临的挑战，评估缓解策略的有效性，并制定新的保护和应对政策和措施。在最初的6个月内，我们将共同创建一个关于COVID-19和COVID相关决策对强迫婚姻受害者的经济和社会影响的准确描述，以及不平等影响的伦理影响。然后，我们将继续绘制不断变化的风险环境，同时为英国政府（包括FMU）、非政府组织实践应对（包括KN）和其他持份者共同制定政策报告和建议，以改善对COVID-19的持续应对并建立社区复原力。

COVID-19 and COVID-related decisions are having significant impacts on children and adults vulnerable to, and already experiencing, the crime of forced marriage. Our mixed-methods project will chart and understand this impact, inform evaluation of the UK's response to COVID-19, and shape on-going policy regarding the UK's pandemic response. We consider the uneven economic and social impact of the pandemic, and the ethical dimensions of unequal impacts of COVID-related decision-making, on this vulnerable group, and seek to impact how civil society and the voluntary sector support vulnerable people. The government's Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) and the charity Karma Nirvana (KN) (which provides a national forced marriage helpline) have warned about the significant impact of the pandemic on forced marriage in the UK. We designed this project with both organisations, and will work with them to analyse quantitative and qualitative data about the impact of COVID-19 on those at risk of, or experiencing, forced marriage; and to record and analyse the challenges faced in the pandemic, evaluate the efficacy of mitigation strategies, and formulate new policies and practises for protection and response. Within the first 6 months, we will have co-created an accurate account of the economic and social impact of COVID-19 and COVID-related decision-making on victims of forced marriage, and the ethical implications of unequal impacts. We will then continue to chart the changing risk environment, while co-developing policy reports and recommendations for the UK government (including FMU), NGO practice responses (including KN), and other stakeholders, to improve the on-going response to COVID-19 and build community resilience.